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What Phone Calls Actually Cost at Sedgwick County Jail (rates and who gets the money)

Trying to budget for staying in touch? Sedgwick County Jail publishes its per-minute rates for calls and video visits—and spells out exactly who gets the money.

• 1 min read • sedgwickcounty.org
What Phone Calls Actually Cost at Sedgwick County Jail (rates and who gets the money)

Domestic (U.S.) calls run $0.015 per minute - that's 1.5 cents. This is the published rate through the jail's inmate communications system.

Remote video visits cost $0.11 per minute (11 cents). This is priced separately from regular phone calls.

Prefer messaging? Email and photo sharing costs $0.05 per message or photo - 5 cents each.

What Phone Calls Actually Cost at Sedgwick County Jail (rates and who gets the money)

County disclosure: Sedgwick County receives no proceeds from inmate communication services. All costs go to ICSolutions (ICS), the vendor that runs the system.

Call recording warning: All outgoing inmate phone calls are monitored and recorded by law enforcement - and can be used as evidence.

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